Le Pen calls for ban on veils and skullcaps in public
Wearing the full face-covering veil is already banned in public places in France and now the leader of France’s far-right National Front party wants this to apply to all veils as well as Jewish skullcaps.
Latest update: 21/09/2012
FRANCE 24
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Friday that she wanted a complete ban on Muslim veils and Jewish skullcaps in public places.
In an interview with French daily Le Monde, 44-year-old Le Pen called for all religious headgear to be outlawed “in shops, on public transport and on the streets.”
Asked if the ban would also apply to Jewish skullcaps, known as kippah, as well as Muslim veils, she said: "Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kippah should be banned in public as well."
Le Pen also repeated calls for bans on prayers in public places, the serving of kosher and halal foods in schools and an end to foreign investment in French mosques.
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